Military Ordinariate of Canada
Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Jean El-Dahdouh sexual-assault conviction and continued military membership
Canadian Armed Forces spokesman Maj. Travis Smyth stated in September 2020 that Captain Jean El-Dahdouh, a Montreal-based Maronite military chaplain convicted the previous year of assault and sexual assault arising from incidents at Nordik Spa-Nature in Chelsea, Quebec, was still a member of the Canadian military. He was expected to be released from the armed forces.
2020
Released records concerning Angus McRae abuse case
Documents made public in November 2020 after the Canadian Forces sought to keep them sealed for four decades indicated that authorities had information about victims before Catholic chaplain Captain Angus McRae's 1980 conviction for sexually abusing children at an Edmonton military base.